By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSAATTORNEY General Likando Kalaluka has argued that civil activist Joseph Busenga was not forced to further prosecute the case where he was questioning President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility for 2021 general elections but that the Constitutional Court merely exercised its discretion to avoid discontinuance in the matter.Mr Kalaluka said this in response to Mr Busenga’s petition filed in the Lusaka High Court that he was forced to litigate the matter against his will which was a violation of his fundamental rights.“That by not allowing discontinuance of the matter, the Constitutional Court did not violate articles 11,18 and 19 as read with article 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Zambia contrary to the petitioners assertion of the petition.“That article 11 merely guarantees fundamental rights in general terms but the petitioner has not shown which of the rights therein has been violated by the Constitutional Court when it disallowed discontinuance of the matter […]
LUNGU’S ELIGIBILITY PETITIONER WAS NOT FORCED TO LITIGATE, SAYS AG
